
Open Access (OA) and Scholarly Communication at the University of California
Scholarly research publications and their distribution models are changing — and the University of California and its scholars have been both drivers and beneficiaries of these exciting transformations in recent years. This site is a resource for UC faculty, researchers, students and staff who want to learn more about:
- University of California open access policies
- Open access publishing support @ UC, including UC's agreements and discounts with some publishers
- Benefits of and tools for openly sharing research data
- Changing models of peer review, evaluation metrics, and publication funding
- Current issues in scholarly communication via the OSC blog
Recent Posts
Remarks by Günter Waibel on federal public access policies and institutional investment
December 5, 2023
The following remarks were made by Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of CDL, at the public workshop “Enhancing Public Access to the Results of Research Supported by theOpen Book Collective: Collective Path Toward an Open and Sustainable Monograph Future
November 6, 2023
The Open Access (OA) publishing movement is at our doorstep. However, as an academic community, we are not yet ready to fully embrace and support the OA monograph transformation. Books continueNew UC publishing resource: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication
October 20, 2023
The Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) at the University of California announces the launch of its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication resource. This site supportsUC to End Funding Support for Open Access Publishing with IEEE in 2024; Reading Access Will Continue
October 4, 2023
The University of California will end open access publishing support through its agreement with IEEE effective January 1, 2024. The UC libraries’ funding support for page charges will also end atMake your collected works openly available in eScholarship!
September 18, 2023
The UC OA policies have been helping authors make their work available online for over ten years, but what about publications that predate these policies? Authors with publication lists spanning many
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Recent Posts
- Remarks by Günter Waibel on federal public access policies and institutional investment
- Open Book Collective: Collective Path Toward an Open and Sustainable Monograph Future
- New UC publishing resource: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication
- UC to End Funding Support for Open Access Publishing with IEEE in 2024; Reading Access Will Continue
- Make your collected works openly available in eScholarship!